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Speaker 1: Hi, Adrien, Welcome to New England. Just wanted to ask

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Speaker 1: you when you first heard from the Patriots and what

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Speaker 1: the recruiting process was like you. Um, my agent was

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Speaker 1: dealing with them throughout the I guess free free agency,

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Speaker 1: but I mean I got to call Thursday. I guess, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So out on the plane and met with all the

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Speaker 1: good visits. So I decided to decide, decided to find

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Speaker 1: the things move progressed quickly during that visit. Oh no,

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Speaker 1: I mean it was a long day. Um, just meet

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Speaker 1: get him know the program. And it was a long

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Speaker 1: day but it was it worked out. Thank your next

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Speaker 1: question Chris Price, followed by Doug Tide. Adrian, welcomed intow England.

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Speaker 1: I wanted to ask you getting to know you here

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Speaker 1: at least looking up some stuff over us a couple

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Speaker 1: of days. We've read a lot of stories about Herbs

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Speaker 1: Paulsy and I was curious how has having Herbs Paulsy

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Speaker 1: impacted you as a player and what sort of effect specifically,

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Speaker 1: what side you're maybe more comfortable playing on Does it

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Speaker 1: have where you line up as a defensive lineman? Um,

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Speaker 1: I may. I've played the right side. That's so, I've

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Speaker 1: been playing for most of my career. I mean, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't really affect me. Besides, in the weight room we're

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Speaker 1: doing some stuff. But on the field, I mean it

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Speaker 1: doesn't really affect me. I've just I've learned to compensate

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Speaker 1: when I have to and I do what I gotta

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Speaker 1: do and make plays. Thank you ye. Next question jug Tide,

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Speaker 1: followed by Michael Tragia Adrian. I know obviously you remember

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Speaker 1: of the Falcons. Is it strange at all to now

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Speaker 1: I mean not really. I didn't play in that game,

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Speaker 1: so it wasn't really It's not really a big thing

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Speaker 1: to me. So I'm just excited about a new opportunity

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Speaker 1: and get to continue my career. And You've got some

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Speaker 1: former Iowa teammates on the Patriots teams parents and Matt Tobin.

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Speaker 1: Did you know those guys well at all at Iowa? Uh? Yep,

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Speaker 1: I know they were scout team players when I was

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Speaker 1: all right. Next question Mike t. Chagio, followed by Mike Quis,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Stacy, Welcome to do England. Adrian, I wanted

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Speaker 1: to kind of go along the lines that Chris Price

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Speaker 1: did a little bit earlier. But the adversities you faced

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Speaker 1: early in life, what has that taught you about mental

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Speaker 1: toughness and perseverance. Bill Belichick has always and a sought

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Speaker 1: out players not only talented, but have a lot of

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Speaker 1: character in their background. What did your early life adversities

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Speaker 1: teach you? I mean, life happens, I mean through the earth,

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Speaker 1: FOSSi or whatever. I losing my dad, my brother, I

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Speaker 1: don't know, just maybe the person I am today just

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Speaker 1: gotta take the blows when they come and throw something

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Speaker 1: backs at times, through a couple back at times. So

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Speaker 1: just learn how to fight and scrap and learn how

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Speaker 1: to keep going. And if I could follow up, Adrian,

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Speaker 1: why do you take the Patriots? There's such a good

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Speaker 1: fit for you at this point in your career. Um,

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Speaker 1: I mean just talking with the coaches, they're explain what

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Speaker 1: could be my role and I mean it's kind of

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Speaker 1: kind of bringing you back to my eyewa days. Where

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Speaker 1: you gotta work for what you get and I'm all

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Speaker 1: for that and I'm just looking to try to help

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Speaker 1: the team out and then way I can thank you, Adrian.

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Speaker 1: Next question me Mike Reaves, followed by Mark Daniels and

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Speaker 1: Adrian them just mentioning the role when you were talking

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Speaker 1: to the coaches, what do you think that that has

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Speaker 1: the best chance of being for you here? The role

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Speaker 1: that you would sell, I mean what I'll get into

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Speaker 1: I prove I can do. I mean I'm not I

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Speaker 1: a couple of different positions that they believe I could

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Speaker 1: I couldn't play, so I was up to me to

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Speaker 1: prove I can play them, and I was. I was

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Speaker 1: reading the piece on the Player's Tribune that that was

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Speaker 1: UM in January, and you were writing a little bit

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Speaker 1: on some of the injuries UM and the rehab that

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Speaker 1: how you know, rehab's really tough and that you were

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Speaker 1: to come back. And I mean getting over that hump

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Speaker 1: But I'm trying to play as long as I can,

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Speaker 1: as long as body lest me. My next question, Mark Daniels,

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Speaker 1: thanks Stacy Adrian the last year instead of crew high

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Speaker 1: focused at your rank is one of the best edge

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Speaker 1: russes in the league last year. Just what aren't you

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Speaker 1: know from your perspective, what would you attribute to Um,

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Speaker 1: you know you're kind of that career performance last year. UM,

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Speaker 1: I mean just gaining more knowledge I've been in the league, UM,

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Speaker 1: studying film and knowing getting a better idea for what

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Speaker 1: tackles like to do and how they like to block.

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Speaker 1: Block me and Um, I learned a lot from ban

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Speaker 1: quinn um as far as d line play, so they

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Speaker 1: helped out a lot and I'm just looking to build

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Speaker 1: off that and be able to help the Patriots. And

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Speaker 1: one follow up, would you describe your play style for

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Speaker 1: those who don't know you? Um? Aggressive, um hard knows,

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Speaker 1: like to play every play like it's my life. Cool.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Kevin Duffy follow by Phil Perry. Hey, Ajan,

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Speaker 1: I'm just wondering if you could describe what it was

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Speaker 1: like to play in college under current parents and if

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Speaker 1: he ever told you anything about Bill Belichick or what

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Speaker 1: it would you like to play for Bill Belichick? Um,

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Speaker 1: playing on deference, I mean it prepared me pars a

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Speaker 1: I haven't had a conversation with him yet about playing

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Speaker 1: with him. Yeah, we're talking every so often. I was

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Speaker 1: to talk with him, and he calls him body every season.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, thanks. We have two final questions if we

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Speaker 1: that's what people have. Could you hold me in as

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Speaker 1: a third down player? But I know I can play

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Speaker 1: for a second third down um if need be. That

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Speaker 1: was my role in the Atlantic, because that's what they

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Speaker 1: all three downs if you ask me. And last question

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Speaker 1: simple question? How hard was it watching that game and

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Speaker 1: do you think you could have made a difference? Um,

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Speaker 1: I mean it was tough to watch. Being hurt mister

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Speaker 1: Brows two weeks after show my box up, so it

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Speaker 1: was hard to watch. It was hard. It was a

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Speaker 1: hard week, and I don't know if I could have

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Speaker 1: So I mean, I would hope I'd better make an

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